System Architecture

What exactly is a platform? Is it an internal developer platform, a developer self-service portal or simply a developer onboarding tool?

Keeping billions of items up to date requires a reliable write-heavy inventory platform. Learn how we built this system with Cockroach DB

This is a guest article by NK . You can view the original article Consistent hashing explain...

We start with the simplest IDP-based RBAC, and culminate in a combination of group-based RBAC with fine-grained permissions and fine-grained resources.

Scaling is one of the hardest tasks to accomplish with a database. This article explains how scaling works, under the hood.

With increased focus placed on user data protection and the introduction of privacy laws or data protection regulations such as GDPR…

Intro This is my opinionated list of four approaches to building websites and web applications. Publicly hosted on the internet, serving HTML, CSS, JavaScript, images, etc over HTTP. #1: Hugo Static Sites + Progressive Web Apps Static websites are boring. Vendors rarely talk about them because the margins are miniscule compared to flashy, compute-heavy services. It is seen as a table stakes offering. Though they have received more attention during the “JAM Stack” trend, my position is that they are still underappreciated and underutilized.

There are so many tutorials out there that add API_KEY to code. And some other people now use their keys. Don't do that again. 📢 Do this instead 👇 const API_NAME = "myAPI"; const API_KEY = prompt ("Enter your API_KEY:"); This gives you the chance ...

We are fascinated by the disruption underway in mobile applications. Carriers seem to have lost their role as gatekeepers for applications as smartphone

Rock solid weather API infrastructure for Planet Earth.

A short overview of Passkeys, and how to use them to secure your infrastructure with Teleport.

We’re all-in on passkeys, and we’re starting with 1Password.

Hello there! Welcome to the world of Amplication. My name is Michael; people refer to me as Amplication's Developer Advocate. Today, I want to show you how t...

Reliable & scalable multimedia streaming framework for Elixir

A blog post that presents an architecture for enforcing access control policies in a cloud storage system.

A comprehensive guide to WunderGraph, with a focus on its new TypeScript Operations feature — async resolvers for data fetching, with…

Learn more about wireless technology and artificial intelligence in the latest installment of Extreme's tech experts talking to ChatGPT!

The web has come a long way. From the early static pages, through the evolution of reactivity, and towards the biggest knowledge pool for all of humanity.

Introduction What is Kubernetes? I have been working on this technology since the beginning and after 8 years, I’m still having a problem defining what it is. Some people define Kubernetes as a container orchestrator but does that definition capture the essence of Kubernetes? I don’t think so. In this post, I’d like to explore […]

With an API gateway, you can implement security measures at the edge while working toward a full zero-trust system.

Portals matter, and they have an impact on the quality and usefulness of your platform, becoming part of the platform as they and the technology evolve.

When LWN looked at the composefs filesystem in December, we reported that there had been "little response" to the patches. That is no longer the case. Whether composefs (or something like it) should be merged has become the subject of an extended debate; at its core, the discussion is over just how Linux should support certain types of container workloads.

If an API behaves differently at different scales, it can cause problems for the developers who are using it and can make apps perform less reliably. Here's how to design APIs consistently. #APImanagement #scaling #developers

Do AI hallucinations foreshadow artificial creativity?

Solving the problem of meta-permissions requires a multifaceted approach that considers both technical and cultural challenges.